Mrs. Ward Is New President Of Football Mothers Club
Grafton High School Football Mothers Club elected officers for the 1948 season with Mrs. W F Ward named president. Other officers include Mrs E M McAvoy as vice president, Mrs Paul Willis as secretary, and Mrs Charles E Bennett as treasurer. The group fed the squad after home games and hosted a season ending banquet while presenting engraved gold footballs to senior players.
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Fire
Grafton High School
E. M. McAvoy
W. F. Ward
Paul Willis
Charles E. Bennett
L. H. Bragg
Sam George
J. H. Hoban
T. J. Klauenberg
H. 8. Reed
C. R. Preston
J. L.young
A. H. Wilson
Flora Bennett
Perry DeBarr
Bennett
A. W. Hoffman
McAvoy
Donald Poe
Cecil Wolfe
Liynn’ Faulkner
Willis
Elva Hawkins
Russell Dotson
Lynn Mays
Charles Shroyer
James’ Wickham
Rita Hayworth Suspended From New Film Work
Rita Hayworth is suspended from her $248,000 yearly job at Columbia Pictures after refusing to report for work on the film Lona Hanson. Production plans for the movie are halted pending the outcome of the suspension.
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Hollywood
Rita Hayworth
Columbia Pictures
Lovely
Lona Hanson
Salvation Army Seeks Toys Amid Nogales Shortage
Salvation Army in Nogales Arizona asks community to donate and collect discarded or broken toys to support children as holiday needs rise. Local efforts aim to gather usable items daily despite ongoing disruptions and suspension of programs.
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Nogales
Ariz
Salvation Army
Rita
Pressmen's Union President Dies in Tennessee
George L. Berry, 65, longtime head of the International Printing Pressmen's Union, died last night at Pressmen's Home Tennessee. A former U.S. senator ally, he led the union since 1907 and held senior roles in Roosevelt era agencies including assistant administrator of the National Recovery Administration.
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Pressmen’s Home
Tenn
George L. Berry
International Printing Pressmen's Union
U.S. Senate
Berry
Franklin D. Roosevelt
National Recovery Administration
Ministerial Group To Meet Monday
The Grafton Area Ministeral Association plans its regular monthly meeting at 10 am Monday at Andrews Methodist parsonage 211 McGraw avenue. Rev A F Shomo president announces O J Howearth First Christian Church will speak on My Call to the Ministry followed by a round table discussion. Devotions by Rev O Carl Davis Presbyterian Church and benediction by Rev Roster L Jones W Main Street Methodist Church.
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Grafton Area
Six year old Linda Jackson returns home after brain tumor operation
In Whitesville on December 4, physicians hope Linda Jackson who lost sight before surgery may regain vision. The six year old underwent an operation at Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore after neighbors raised 1800 dollars for the trip. She came home yesterday.
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Whitesville
Linda Jackson
John Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Wee
Local Men Among Candidates Initiated by Forty and Eight
Several men from the local post of the Forty and Eight Society of the American Legion are to be initiated today in Elkins. W. A. Gallion of Keyser, grand châniet of the second district, spoke at a recent dinner. John Bower and William Sherrard of Fairmont attended as guests. Dr. C. M. Wells spoke on the membership drive. Chef De Gare Charles Cather presided. It was noted that 90 percent of American Legion members belong to the Forty and Eight Society. Captain Lynn Wise man announced membership. Toys will be painted and prefixed by the Girls' and Boys' Club and the Ladies Home League for underprivileged children at Christmas. Parise Most of the silver marked Revere was made and sold after the Revolution.
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Forty and Eight Society of the American Legion
Elkins
W. A. Gallion
Keyser
Grand Chamiet
Grafton
John Bower
Conducteur
William Sherrard
C. M. Wells
Chef de
Charles Cather
American Legion
Forty and Eight Society
Lynn Wiseman
Parise
Jury Fires Death Penalty For Robbery
In Louisville a criminal court jury convicted Robert Lee Boston, 26, of armed robbery and recommended the death penalty in the electric chair. It marked the first time in 13 years a jury here urged capital punishment for a holdup with no fatality. Boston, armed with two guns, robbed a river store on October 2, wounding night clerk Charles Kammer, and stole $350.
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Louisville
Robert Lee Boston
Boston
Charles Kammer
Remaining Two Concerts To Be Given In February
Taylor County Community Concert Association lists upcoming events for 1948 49 Walter Cassel baritone appears in Grafton February 2 and Kurtz and DiBonaventura cello and piano duo perform here February 25 Elkins Bartlett and Robinson due piano team Paul Revere the silvermaker died in 1818 Trapp Family singers on March 2
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Taylor County Community Concert Association
Merritt Feather
Taylor County
Walter Cassel
Grafton
Kurtz and DiBonaventura
Elkins
Bartlett and Robinson
Paul Revere
Berliners Continued and scheduled concerts noted
Berliners continuation references Anna Kaskas contralto and Columbia Concert Trio with dates January 25 and March 16. Trapp Family Singers rescheduled from December to March 21. Also mentions a 6 34 pm earthquake shock disrupting homes and Soviet trains in British sector to deter rally attendance. Card of Thanks from G-H S Football Mothers’ Club.
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Fairmont
Anna Kaskas
Contralo
Columbia
Trapp
Elkins
Erste Ages
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